Gran Turismo 6 sells 80% less than GT5 in latest UK top 40

The last major release of the year has turned out to not be so major after all, with Gran Turismo 6 only getting to number three in the charts.

It’s been a familiar pattern all year, with sequels to big name franchises consistently selling less than their immediate predecessors. Grand Theft Auto V is one of the only sequels to buck the trend, but although it also is not a yearly sequel Gran Turismo 6 did particularly poorly.

According to Chart-Track Gran Turismo 6 sold only around a fifth of the first week total for 2010’s Gran Turismo 5, which holds the record as the fastest selling game in the series.

With Bravely Default on the 3DS not making it into either top 40 that’s now all the major games released for the year, with the charts below unlikely to change much now before (or even after) Christmas.

As you can see the impact of the next generation of consoles is already greatly reduced, with only three titles in the individual formats top three – all of them for the PlayStation 4.

That’s perfectly normal though and the new consoles will only begin to become a permanent presence in the charts later next year.

For now Call Of Duty: Ghosts is the best-seller in both charts, with the Xbox 360 version leading the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Sales were only up 2 per cent on the previous week though, with FIFA 14 down 15 per cent, and Battlefield 4 down 35 per cent.

Grand Theft Auto V saw an increase in sales of 19 per cent though, with Ubisoft’s Just Dance 2014 up by 70 per cent.

No doubt boosted by the thought of Christmas parties the Wii version of Just Dance 2014 even managed to get into the individual formats top 10, at number six.

That’s considerably better than Super Mario 3D World on the Wii U, which this week fell 10 places to number 30 and is still being outsold by Knack at number 26.